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CNN’s Anderson Cooper examines the 1970s therapy that paved the way for NARTH, George Rekers, and the death of a man who was “treated” for being a “sissy” at age four.
“Kraig was plunged into a series of experiments using aggressive aversion therapy,” CNN reports. “The behaviors judged effeminate were beat out of him—literally and figuratively—and Kraig’s case was judged a success. A success until, at age 38, this “poster child†for changing gender identity disorder was so depressed and disturbed he committed suicide.”
We’ll have a great deal more on this later, but for now, watch this preview.
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